Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Natgas jobs continue climbing in OH, WV; Shale Academy gears up for a new year; Virginia wants more natgas; will central banks derail shale?; National Geographic lies about methane; tourism goes up in shale areas; BHP sorry they invested $20B in shale; “unstoppable” renewables keep stopping; an “dominating” energy policy; with OPEC weak, it’s now Russia v US; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jun 30, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: New well permit for Columbiana County, OH; Wellsville barge facility ramps up on Ohio River; Italian engineering firm picks Pittsburgh for North American HQ; Trump to promote natgas on Poland trip; how natgas will help countries keep their Paris promises; wind turbines as big as skyscrapers; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jun 29, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Utopia (pipeline) one step closer to reality; public hearing for Trumbull Energy Center; pipeline security training; community college students get a thrill from visit by Shell CEO; PA severance tax a jobs killer; MVP will help build a better WV; fracking rarely linked to earthquakes; Trump energy plan will make America the new Saudi Arabia; Perry unnerves gas drillers with grid study; FERC commissioner leaving Friday; LNG fuels nearly 50% of Japan’s powergen; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jun 28, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Rice brothers make a billion; Southwestern Energy debt trap; Youngstown jobs come back; PA rig count rear record ytd; Shell CEO shows up in Beaver County; EPA punishes PDC Energy; BP doubles down on offshore; new dawn for shale E&Ps; fallacy of peak oil; clogged oil arteries slow shale rush; wind power loses its wind; weaponizing the Endangered Species Act; Panama Canal shale gas; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jun 27, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Rust belt no longer – Chemical plants bringing manufacturing jobs back to Youngstown; Three Mile Island operator takes another step toward closing nuclear plant; National Energy Technology Laboratory vital to W.Va. future; Rover Pipeline will benefit Michigan; The shale revolution’s staggering impact in just one word – plastics; For investors in shale drilling, the party’s over; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jun 26, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Ohio anti-fracking ‘digital disruption powerhour’ a huge disappointment; FirstEnergy executive vice president James H. Lash to retire; EQT/Rice merger could make more office space available at Southpointe; Environmentalists bring PA closer to financial ruin; U.S. Secretary of Energy Perry to visit W.Va.; Clean coal power plant ordered to run on natural gas instead; Frackers collide with traditional oil drillers – “frack hits”; USA: new LNG act to remove export restrictions; Cheniere offers better terms to attract LNG customers; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jun 23, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Appalachian NGL storage study nearing completion; Appalachian Basin takes center stage at Pittsburgh conference; Six well permits issued in Ohio’s Utica Shale; Fracking money has repaired bridges and saved farmland in Lancaster County; Sabal Trail adding pipeline capacity but not demand in Florida; Eighth major report finds water contamination from fracking ‘has not been observed’; U.S. pot growers use lots of fossil fuels, creates dilemma for hippie antis; Dems, greens press Trump administration on methane rewrites; Execs sought for federal pipeline advisory committees; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jun 22, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Record keeping essential to prove lack of production in paying quantities; Firefighter pursuing chemical disclosure law in OH; Shell executive: Safety of workers, contractors at forefront of cracker project; Another Steyer-bankrolled anti-fracking campaign falls apart, this time in Nevada; Time for shale’s loners to settle down; Young people unimpressed with O&G careers: EY poll; Why oil prices are plummeting; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jun 21, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: NY Supreme Court justice to AG Schneiderman: “You are wasting my time”; Rover pipeline fine will be used for work at Ashland County Courthouse; Bailout of 2 Ohio nuclear plants stalls in Statehouse; Shell project manager says cracker plant ‘will change forever Pittsburgh’; Trillium CNG opens CNG station in York, Pa.; Need for natural gas supply growing in New England; Haynesville slowdown highlights bearish natural gas outlook; Exxon’s shale drilling unit XTO shifting 1,600 jobs to Houston; Are Russia and the Saudis planning a natural gas cartel?; U.S. drillers are hammering OPEC’s plans; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jun 20, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Bombshell: NY AG Schneiderman used secret alternate email address while pursuing #ExxonKnew crusade; Mariner East 2 Pipeline construction underway in Lebanon County; Beaver County bucks statewide trend, will receive increased drilling impact fee money; Competition between coal and natural gas affects power markets; Natural gas’ path of least resistance; Shale efficiency has peaked… for now; Shell signs LNG deal with Qatar even as Arab countries cut ties to terrorist-funding country; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jun 19, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Antis strike out again in Ohio, “big” rally and march turn out to be a bust in Columbus; OH laborers report 4+ million hours of work last 16 months, thx to shale; some big investors pull back from Permian, fears of oversupply; US boosting LNG exports to Europe, new sanctions on Russia; how the nuclear meltdown is helping natgas producers; OPEC took aim at US producers, but shot itself instead; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jun 16, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Activists tell basin commissioners to ban drilling and fracking in the Delaware Watershed; EPA moves to halt Obama methane rule for two years; is shale productivity bumping up against its limits?; oil glut slows demand for shale-oil drilling; North American pipeline capacity crisis looms large; wind and solar in March accounted for 10% of U.S. electricity generation for first time; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jun 15, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: NH newspaper calls NY Attorney General Schneiderman a “rogue prosecutor” over Exxon witch hunt; rig count in Utica climbs to 27, and 8 new drilling permits issued; pipelines needed to get gas to market; demonstrators rally against Mariner East 2 pipeline; new tech getting more oil from early Bakken wells; race is on to export U.S. natgas; Trinidad gas supply shortage leads to job cuts; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jun 14, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Appalachia gas supply outlook vs. takeaway capacity; critics see Cuomo power play at the PSC; Beaver County developer buys 63 acres behind Beaver Valley Mall near Shell cracker site; ethane cracker tops Pennsylvania’s top construction projects; shale-oil boomtown climbs back from the bust; be happy that natural gas and fracking are here to stay; fracking says “You’re welcome, America” for low gasoline prices; Harold Hamm says American natgas is going to have “world impact”; Trump wants to boost natgas exports to India; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jun 13, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Stonewall Group receives Telly Award for Shale Crescent ad; Overheated anti-fossil fuel rhetoric fooling young people, says Blacklight researcher; Rick Perry: ‘First-ever’ natural gas exports offer hedge against Russia; The tyranny of the administrative state; Working gas in storage jumps by triple digits; Effort to crush shale producers only made them stronger; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jun 12, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Ohio testing drinking water wells near Rover Pipeline; OH voters reject bailouts for nuclear power; OH Utica well permits recover in May; PA Senate approves bill to promote more use of natgas vehicles; WV severance tax helping budget deficit; the next big U.S. shale play; Shell tanker diverted from Qatar roils LNG market; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jun 9, 2017”